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L. H. NOURSE.

DRAWER GUIDE.

No. 353,640. Patented Nov. 30, 1886.

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Nrrn TATES LUOIUS H. NOUR-SE, OF VOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

DRAWER-=GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Fatent No. 353,640, datedNovember 30, 1886.

Application filed August 20, 1886. Serial No. 211,417.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUOIUS H. NoURsn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Voonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrawerGuides;

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being hadto theaccompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a horizontalsection. Figs. 2, 3, at, and 5are detail views.

My invention relates to drawerguides; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claims. 4

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, B designates thedrawer-case, and Ais one of the drawers, of which any desired number maybe used.

F F designate the guide strips or rails,whieh are secured to the innerfaces of the vertical end walls of the case B, and these strips extendfrom the inner face of the front wall to theinner face of the rear wallof the drawer-case B, the width of the guide-strips F F being equal tothe width ofthe vertical front wall portions, D D, at the ends of theopenings or months of the drawer-spaces E. At its rear end each draweris provided with two friction-rolls, G G, said friction-rolls beingjournaled between the lugs H H of the slotted castings I I, saidcastings being secured in place on the external face of the rear end ofthe drawer by screws J J, passed through the slots K of said castingsinto the material ofthedrawer. The castings are thus made adjustablelaterally to cause the friction-rolls G G to bear against the inneredges of the guide-strips F F.

Immediately above each guide-strip F, and near the front ends of thesame, I provide castings M M, which are secured to the inner faces (Nomodel.)

of the side walls, N N, of the drawer-case B by screws P. These castingsM M are pro vided at their rear ends with integral lugs Q. Q, whichproject inwardly therefrom, and be tween these lugs Q Q is pivoted alever, B, which is provided with a friction-roll, S,which is journalcdin bearings T Tat the forward end of said lever It. In rear of thefriction-roll S the lever Bis provided with a set screw,U, and a.washer,V, by which screw the lever may be adjusted to regulate thepressure of the friction-roll upon the side face of the drawer, andthereby insure the even working of the drawer when pushed into place orwhen drawn out to open it. This adjustment also provides forcompensatiom of wear or shrinkage after the drawer has been used forsome time.

The rolls may be made either ofnietal or wood.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the drawer-case and its sliding drawer, of theparallel side guidestrips and levers, pivoted at one end to the innerside walls of the case, and provided with friction-rolls at theiropposite ends, and the adjusting-screws for the said levers, arrangedbetween the pivotal point and rollers thereof, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination, with the drawer-case and its sliding drawers, ofside guide-strips and pivoted levers secured to the vertical side wallsof the drawer-case, and provided with friction-rolls andadjustiugscrews, and the lat erally-adjustable slotted castings attachedto the rear ends of said drawers, and having frietion-rolls journaled inbearing in the outer ends of said castings, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence ot'two witnesses.

LUOIUS II. NOURSE.

\Vitnesses:

JEFFERSON ALDRICH, GEo.'W. SPAULDING.

